You should be able to find that at any garden center that sells Coast of Maine products, or you can order it direct from them and have it shipped. I got it at a local general store. Kind of pricey ($17), you could probably just get the same ingredients and make your own for cheaper. That's what I'll do next year.Those plants are hungry those spots say give me some cal, Where did you find stonington plant food?
Do you no if it dissolves in water for hand watering, or just for topdress.
Interesting theory--if I had it to do over again (next year!) I would've mixed in a bunch of perlite. I did on the last hole, but the other 5 are just compost/soil.If those spots showed up after the rain or a heavy watering/tea I would attribute it to a lack of oxygen in the root zone. Scratch some mulch away from the stalk and poke a couple of deep holes in the soil with a piece of bamboo.
Advice I’ve been given about gardening in dirt with manure: In clay work it in, in sand top dress it. Organic materials use up oxygen as they break down.
The woman from CoM who created it says you can steep it in water to make a liquid fertilizer--that's why I put some in my teas. She recommends tea for smaller containers or immediate results, topdressing for larger containers and longer-term fertilization. Recommends mixing with a little compost when topdressing--I think that helps break the ingredients down faster.Do you no if it dissolves in water for hand watering, or just for topdress.
I use biochar in the holes instead of perlite. Great stuff for aeration. I do my starts in special kitty with just a bit of peat and coco so that when they get rained on there isn’t a bunch of soggy peat muck around the root crown.Interesting theory--if I had it to do over again (next year!) I would've mixed in a bunch of perlite. I did on the last hole, but the other 5 are just compost/soil.
I didn't really notice those spots until after the rain we had early last week, so it's definitely possible.
OK, I've got some K-Mag here which is a natural organic product that's water soluble, added some at planting time but maybe they could use more. Can make a tea out of it for quick uptake. I just gave them a batch of compost tea this morning so will probably wait a few days and see how they look before proceeding to Mag. Sounds like a methodical approach, boosting one supplement at time gently and watching, is the best approach. Easy to panic and start throwing all sorts of stuff at it at once.What thumper said, more cal than mag but they generally Look hungry overall. I do synthetics so not the same deal...I use Remo brand calmag 3-0-0 every week whether I feed them or not. I grow in promix and calcium/magnesium are the first nutrients to go deficient.
Well definitely assume they will close to double. I usually water 1 to twice a week if its not raining.Gulp. If that happens here I'm looking at 12-footers. Hard to imagine. I guess the rate of growth must increase exponentially as leaf surface increases. What's your feeding regiment toward the end of July and how much watering (assuming a week with no rain)?
Those plants should be getting at least 5 gals each.Applied my 5g batch of compost/kelp tea at dawn this morning. Sprayed foliage thoroughly and then poured the rest on the rootzone. Supposed to be calcium and magnesium in kelp meal so we'll see what that does. Am I looking for the yellow spots to disappear or just not see any more show up?
Interestingly they are only on one plant even though they all get the same treatment. Not sure what to make of that. I'll wait a few days and see how things look at the end of the week. Have some epsom salts to use if need be...but let's see what the kelp does first.
GG--after July just Epsom and molasses through to the end? No need for extra phosphorus/potassium during flower? Maybe your compost contains all they need...
Hmmm...I only have the capacity to do 5g of tea at a time, maybe I need to give the entire batch to just 1 plant at a time.Those plants should be getting at least 5 gals each.
The spotting may not go away on the affected leaves. Just as long as it doesn’t spread/continue.Hmmm...I only have the capacity to do 5g of tea at a time, maybe I need to give the entire batch to just 1 plant at a time.
I had calculated that the equivalent of 1" of rain on 1 plant (3' diameter circle) was about 3 gallons. That's what I shoot for when I water them (weekly if it doesn't rain). The tea is a supplement in addition to the watering.
I suppose that could be part of the issue...spreading the tea too thin?
Just ordered a pH meter to check the brook water I'm using. Wouldn't surprise me if it's a bit acidic, most soil around here is.
Get some fish emulsion 100% organic it will green those plants right up over night. When I water my outdoor plants they get 20gals each.Good to know, thanks. Sounds like with my current equipment limitations I'll need to do one plant at a time when doing teas.